Kaesong · North Korea · 37.97° N · 126.55° E
Solar position in Kaesŏng
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Kaesŏng — computed for 37.97° N, 126.55° E, 42 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Kaesŏng today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+9
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:23 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:54 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:24 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:51 | 105° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 07:28 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:17 | 40.0° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:07 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:43 | 255° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:10 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:41 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 19:11 | 18° below |
| Day length | 10 h 52 min | |
Sun path diagram for Kaesŏng
Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.
- June solstice
- Equinox
- December solstice
- Today
On the June solstice the sun reaches 75.5° at solar noon in Kaesŏng; on the December solstice only 28.6°. Sunrise swings from 59° ENE in June to 120° ESE in December — a 61° arc along the horizon.
Sunrise, sunset and sun height by month
Values for the 21st of each month, local clock time including daylight saving time.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 07:46 | 12:45 | 17:44 | 9 h 58 min | 32.1° |
| February | 07:16 | 12:47 | 18:18 | 11 h 02 min | 41.5° |
| March | 06:36 | 12:41 | 18:46 | 12 h 10 min | 52.3° |
| April | 05:50 | 12:32 | 19:14 | 13 h 24 min | 63.9° |
| May | 05:19 | 12:30 | 19:41 | 14 h 23 min | 72.2° |
| June | 05:11 | 12:35 | 19:59 | 14 h 48 min | 75.5° |
| July | 05:27 | 12:40 | 19:52 | 14 h 25 min | 72.5° |
| August | 05:53 | 12:36 | 19:19 | 13 h 26 min | 64.2° |
| September | 06:20 | 12:26 | 18:33 | 12 h 13 min | 52.8° |
| October | 06:47 | 12:18 | 17:48 | 11 h 01 min | 41.4° |
| November | 07:20 | 12:19 | 17:18 | 9 h 58 min | 32.2° |
| December | 07:45 | 12:31 | 17:17 | 9 h 32 min | 28.6° |
A year of daylight in Kaesŏng
Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.
Best solar panel angle in Kaesŏng
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
36°collects the most energy over a year: 1384 kWh per kWp.
32°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.
- Yearly energy
- Worst-month energy
| Tilt | kWh/kWp per year | Share of best year | July kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1166 | 84% | 3.28 | 2.6× |
| 15° | 1307 | 94% | 3.30 | 1.9× |
| 30° | 1377 | 100% | 3.16 | 1.5× |
| 32° off-grid best | 1380 | 100% | 3.13 | 1.4× |
| 36° year-round best | 1384 | 100% | 3.06 | 1.5× |
| 38° = latitude | 1383 | 100% | 3.02 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1371 | 99% | 2.86 | 1.6× |
| 60° | 1290 | 93% | 2.43 | 1.8× |
| 70° | 1198 | 87% | 2.09 | 1.9× |
| 90° | 937 | 68% | 1.34 | 2.8× |
A fixed array in Kaesŏng produces the most over a year at 36°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 32° it makes 3.13 kWh per kWp a day, 2% more than at 36°, and costs 0% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Kaesŏng at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 36° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 36° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January snow | 2.42 | 4.30 | 3.96 | 3.52 | -4.5 °C |
| February snow | 3.18 | 4.42 | 4.02 | 3.98 | -2.0 °C |
| March | 4.25 | 4.43 | 3.96 | 4.51 | 2.8 °C |
| April | 4.98 | 3.89 | 3.38 | 4.45 | 9.0 °C |
| May | 5.53 | 3.47 | 2.93 | 4.36 | 15.3 °C |
| June | 5.22 | 3.05 | 2.51 | 3.86 | 20.4 °C |
| July | 4.12 | 2.58 | 2.09 | 3.06 | 23.3 °C |
| August | 4.40 | 3.13 | 2.55 | 3.49 | 24.1 °C |
| September | 4.17 | 3.80 | 3.17 | 3.84 | 19.6 °C |
| October | 3.57 | 4.38 | 3.76 | 3.99 | 13.1 °C |
| November | 2.43 | 3.79 | 3.36 | 3.22 | 5.5 °C |
| December snow | 2.12 | 4.09 | 3.73 | 3.24 | -2.2 °C |
| Year | 3.87 avg | 3.77 avg | 1198 kWh | 1384 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through July on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 560 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 390 Wp at 36°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Kaesŏng
Distance between rows of 2 m long panels (slope length) so that no row shades the next between 10:00 and 14:00 solar time on the winter solstice.
4.6 mrow pitch at 70°
4.1 mrow pitch at 36°
How Kaesŏng compares in North Korea
Against the other 96 places in North Korea with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
44thof 97 places in North Korea for sunshine, shared: 3.87 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
−3%solar energy a year compared with the average place in North Korea: 1,384 against 1,424 kWh per kWp.
−7 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Pyongyang: 14 h 48 min against 14 h 55 min.
36°best year-round tilt here; across North Korea it runs from 34° in Ongjin to 44° in Namyang-nodongjagu.
Of the 97 places in North Korea, Sinp’o and one other place get the most sun (3.91 peak sun hours a day) and Ŏrang and one other place the least (3.70); Kaesŏng ranks joint 44th. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.09 kWh a day here, against 2.28 kWh on average in North Korea. The shortest day lasts 9 h 32 min, +6 min compared with Pyongyang.
Solar forecast for Kaesŏng, next 48 hours
Expected output of 1 kWp at 70°, computed from the ICON-EU weather model of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Europe.
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Sun positions: NREL Solar Position Algorithm. Climate: NASA POWER monthly climatology (NASA Langley Research Center). Forecast: Deutscher Wetterdienst, ICON-EU (CC BY 4.0), processed. Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Time zones: IANA. Sources and licences.